Improvement in ironing-tables



M. NEWMAN.

Ironing-Table. No 16 7 112 Patented Aug. 24,1875.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

MARTIN NEWMAN, OF UNADILLA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONlNG-TABLES. l

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,112, dated August 24, 1875; application riled February 9, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN NEWMAN, of Unadilla, in the county of ()tsego and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Tables, of which the following is a specification:

My improvement relates to the manner of supporting the table, so that it may be adapted to tables of different heights.

In the annexed drawings, which make a part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a bottom view.

The same letters are employed in both figures in the indication of identical parts.

The table top A is made of any convenient and desired form and proportions, and may be attached to the overhanging edge of the top of any table by means of the jaw B and setscrew 0. When the leaf is narrow one of these jaws will be sufficient, but if wide two or more may be employed, so as to make the leaf sufficiently stanch. The jaw B is recessed to receive the end of the swinging leg D, which may be vertical or inclined at such an angle as will bring the leaf A into the same plane with the surface of the table to which it is attached. To this end the leg is made to swing on a pivot. To support the outer end of the leaf A, a rack, E, with ratchetteeth, is fastened to the under side of the leaf, and a brace, F, extending from the leg, to which it is adjustably fastened, is made to engage one of the teeth of the ratchet. The brace is fastened to the leg by means of an eyebolt, G. The brace is passed through the eye and secured by means of a milled head, Gr, screwed onto the threaded end of the bolt,

which being turned will draw the brace against the leg.

I am aware that tables with crossed legs, like those of a cot or camp-chair, have been known, in which the height of the table can be regulated by the spread of the legs. I do not, therefore, claim, broadly, an adjustable table. My invention is distinguished from what has been before known, in this, that I combine with the leaf a jawby which it can be attached to an ordinary table, and a swinging leg by which it is supported, the angle of the leg being determined by an adjustable brace attached to a swiveling-pivot and hearing against a rack on the under side of the table-leaf, in such manner that the brace may be adjusted, so as to support the table near its outer edge if pressure is to be applied in excess, or withdrawn to accommodate such articles as, in being ironed, require to be passed under as well as over the table.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In combination with the extension-leaf A a jaw, B, for attaching it to another table, and a swinging leg, D, and adjustable brace F fastened adjustably thereto, and rack E extended longitudinally under the leaf, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARTIN NEWMAN. Witnesses:

LORENZO M. NEWMAN, W. F. FINOH. 

